Problems and difficulties Quotes

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime

The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment

If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

Mortals' unwisdom is the worst of all.

He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

Tribulation is treasure in the nature of it, but it is not current money in the use of it.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.

There is no effort without error and shortcoming.

Many the woes he suffered in his heart upon the deep.

The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.

And because you not always can keep your eyes shut there comes the real trouble—the heart pain—the world pain.

The way is to the destructive element submit yourself, and with the exertions of your hands and feet in the water make the deep, deep sea keep you up.

So let us begin to examine the budget of the day's time.

I will defy you to account to me on the spur of the moment for the other eight hours.

No newspaper reading in trains!

I cannot possibly allow you to scatter priceless pearls of time with such Oriental lavishness.